St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-11

sisted of chariot and four horses, drove in
hand, light baggage wagon and two
horses, four saddle-horses, beside led one
for myself and five persons-my valet de
chambre, two footmen, a coachman and
a postillion." Secretary Thompson and
Colonel Humphrey rode with him in
his coach. Tobias Lear his faithful
private secretary, preceded him in a
stage. Washington desired to go as
quietly as possible, but the people
would not suffer this. He was met at
the gateway of his own estate by
cavalcade of citizens from Alexandria,
who invited him to public dinner All
the way to New York the journey was
continued ovation. At every town and
village his ponderous chariot was
stopped by crowds of people who well
coined him with the most joyous &C
Carnations. Bells rang and artillery
thundered, governors came out to meet
him at the boundary lines of their
States, and local military organizations
escorted him from town to town. At
Chester grand procession, marshaled by
General St. Clair, met him and escorted
him into Philadelphia. The great con-
course swelled in numbers until there
were many thousand riding and walking
in front and behind Washington's coach
as it went into the city.
From Philadelphia to Trenton there
was steady rain, and the President-elect
a,,I bic cI1ita fraIr a1nI with thoir
curtains down. When he finally reached
Elizabethtown he found a splendid barge,
built for the occasion, awaiting him. 1t
was manned by thirteen vessel captains
in white uniforms, and other barges were
there to accompany him. When New
York was reached there were more de-
mOnstratiOns of joyous welcome. The
Spanish man-of-war Galveston lay in the
harbOr, the admiral taking no notice of
the arrival of the first President of the
republic. The people were enraged
and the danger became possible that the
Spaniard would be mobbed; but as the
Presidents barge came abreast of the
Galveston her yards were manned as if
cleaned with the flags of all nations, and
thirteen cannon in quick succession
thundered forth salute. The effect upon
the people was electrical. Their indigna-
ton instantly changed to long applause
Governor Chiffon and General Knox
welcomed Washington at Murray's
wharf. A carriage was ready to convey
the President to his lodgings in Osgood' S
House in Cherry street, now place given
over to tenement-house squalor.
On the wharf a carpet was spread to the
vehicle for him to walk on, but the Pres
ident said he would walk to Osgoods,
and he did, with long train of citizens
and military following. Windows, bal
comics and roofs were crowded with peo-
pie. All the bells in the city rang, and
for hours the artillery pealed forth sa-
luteS. NUsimilar demonstration had ever
been made for any American.
wAsHINGToNs PRESIDENTIAL TOURS.
Washington made two extended tours
through the country. AS soon as Con-
gress adjourned, in the first year of his
presidency, he decided to visit New Eng
land. He set out early in the morning
Of Thursday, the 4th of October, in his
own carriage drawn by four horses, ac-
cOmpanied by Major Jackson, his abide
camp, and Tobias Lear, his private sec
rotary, with six servants. For ten miles
out Chief Justice Jay, General Knox and
Alexander Hamilton rode in his carriage
with him.
Governor Hancock and the municipal
authorities Of Boston, independently of
each other, arranged for the reception of
the President at that city. There were
political differences between the governor
and the Selectmen and thew got into a